More Congressional Silliness

Nancy Pelosi and her intrepid House Democrats have now passed 40 bills seeking to impose artificial timelines or other limitations that will impede our success in Iraq and Afghanistan. None of these bills has become law, nor did any of them have any chance of sustaining a presidential veto.

Now they have done it again, passing a bill that only funds our troops for 4 months and mandates troop withdrawals. Of course this bill has no chance of becoming law either. There is an oft quoted definition of insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results".

I guess the Democrats believe that they are making a political point, since even they must realize that as a matter of law these repeated votes are meaningless. But with an approval rating of 11%, one wonders if the political point is worth it.

Unless a funding bill is passed soon that will be signed by President Bush the military will have to begin cutting spending. Secretary Gates has instructed the Defense Department to cancel numerous military contracts and to lay off 100,000 civilian workers.

Your move Nancy.